BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell (4-6, 3-4 CAA) heads to North Carolina A&T (1-9, 0-7 CAA) for its 2023 season finale. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. at Truist Stadium in Greensboro, N.C.

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LAST TIME OUT
Ryan O'Connor threw for four touchdowns and Khalil Dawsey picked off two passes, leading No. 8 Delaware over Campbell 45-7 at Barker-Lane Stadium.

Delaware built a 21-0 first quarter lead on two O'Connor TD passes along with a 100-yard pick-6 from Dawsey. Campbell drove into Delaware territory on each of its first four possessions, but a pair of turnovers turned into 14 UD points. O'Connor added two more touchdown tosses in the third to give the Blue Hens a 38-0 lead before Hajj-Malik Williams' keeper put Campbell on the board.

O'Connor completed 19-of-31 passes for 246 yards, tossing one interception, with two TD throws going to Joshua Youngblood, who hauled in four catches for 53 yards, leading a Delaware offense that outgained CU 406-288. Jordan Townsend collected five catches for 92 yards and a touchdown, while Quincy Watson rushed for 40 yards on 11 carries.

Jackson Taylor and Keeno Arrington tallied eight tackles apiece on the defensive side, while Ty Davis added six tackles, including one of the Blue Hens' six for loss on the day.

Williams paced Campbell with 161 yards on 16-of-32 passing with two interceptions, while Ezeriah Anderson posted 84 yards on six catches. Lamagea McDowell and Chris McKay, Jr. also combined for 125 rushing yards for the Camels.

FIRST YEAR IMPACT
Heading into its final game of its inaugural CAA season, the Campbell has a chance to do what just one other program has done since CAA Football came to be in 2007. Since 2007, nine schools have joined the league, including Campbell, and only once has a program posted more than three conference wins in their first season through a CAA schedule. Currently at 3-4, CU heads into its week 12 matchup with the Aggies seeking its fourth victory, looking to join Old Dominion (6-2 in 2011) as the lone first-year members to accomplish the feat.

Not counting the inaugural CAA Football season, the combined record of first year members is 17-53, including Campbell and A&T this season.

LEADING THE CAMELS
Hajj-Malik Williams, one of six FCS quarterbacks completing at least 70 percent of his passes, averaging 71.0, adding 243.4 passing yards per game with 17 touchdowns to eight interceptions. The redshirt senior QB has also rushed for five scores, heading into his final game as a Fighting Camel as the program's all-time leader in passing yards (8,048), passing touchdowns (56) and completions (647). He is also one of five Camels all-time with 1,500 or more yards rushing.

Williams has connected with 17 different CU receivers this season, including 14 with multiple catches. Jalen Kelsey has posted a team-high 512 yards with three touchdowns on 31 catches, while VJ Wilkins owns a team-high 49 catches, going for 475 yards and four TDs.

Meanwhile, the running back trio of Lamagea McDowell, NaQuari Rogers and Chris McKay, Jr. have combined for 1,223 yards and 15 touchdowns rushing.

Defensively, CJ Tillman has registered a team-best 88 tackles with 5.0 for loss, while Monchovia Gaffney owns 65 stops with 6.0 tackles for loss.

THE MATCHUP: NORTH CAROLINA A&T
The Aggies have dropped six straight games heading into their season finale, including last week's 31-24 setback at Rhode Island.

Kenji Christian leads A&T with 709 rushing yards and six touchdowns, while BJ Turner has collected 85 tackles, including 12.0 for loss.

The Camels and Aggies, both in their first year as CAA members, will be meeting for the first time as CAA opponents. The squads met for the first time last season, then as Big South Conference institutions, with A&T taking the 45-38 come from behind win.

CAMELS FACE ONE OF THE STRONGEST SCHEDULES IN FCS
According to Stats Perform, Campbell faces the fifth toughest schedule in the FCS, based on 2022 Division I opponent records. CU's 2023 opponents, all Division I FCS or FBS, owned a 77-55 record (.583) last season.

Harvard owns the strongest 2023 slate, according to the metric at .648 (68-37), followed by Nicholls (.610, 83-53), Elon (.606, 80-52) and Cal Poly (.585, 69-49). North Alabama (.573, 71-53), Yale (.571, 60-45), ETSU (.570, 65-49), Central Arkansas (.568, 67-51) and Northern Arizona (.561, 74-58) round out the top-10.

WILKINS, WILLIAMS RANK AMONG TOP FCS PERFORMERS BY PFF
With data through eight games this season, Campbell's Hajj-Malik Williams and VJ Wilkins rank among the nation's highest graded position players, according to PFF.

Williams ranks sixth among FCS quarterbacks, rating at an 86.5 offensive grade, and 38^th overall among college QBs. Wilkins, meanwhile, stands as the top-graded FCS wide receiver and third overall in college football at 90.9.

Campbell's offensive line also rates as one of the best in the FCS, ranking No. 5 in pass blocking efficiency at a 93.0 grade, anchored by center Isaiah Burch, who owns the 16th-best individual pass blocking grade in FCS at 86.9.

WILKINS NAMED TO RICE AWARD WATCH LIST
Campbell rookie VJ Wilkins has been named to the 2023 Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award watch list, which honors the national freshman of the year in college football's Division I subdivision and is presented by FedEx Ground.

The wide receiver is one of 22 FCS players on the midseason watch list, including one of four among CAA Football programs. The Rice Award, now in its 13th season, is named after legendary Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice. Past recipients include Cooper Kupp, Chase Edmonds, Trey Lance and Shedeur Sanders.

Wilkins is the fifth Camel to earn a spot on the Rice Award watch list, joining quarterback Daniel Smith (2017), wide receiver Caleb Snead (2018), quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams (2019) and linebacker CJ Tillman (2021).

The Pfafftown, N.C. native owns 49 catches for 475 receiving yards and four touchdowns this season. Wilkins tacks on three rushes for 20 yards, adding 616 kick return yards with a 21.2 yards per return average.

Wilkins has been named the CAA Freshman of the Week twice this season, most recently after hauling in a season-high 114 yards on 10 catches, adding a touchdown against Elon.

TWO FORMER CAMELS OPEN SEASON ON NFL ROSTERS
For the first time, two former Camels appeared on active NFL rosters opening the 2023 season. Both matched up in their first career NFL game, with Brevin Allen's Los Angeles Chargers hosting Julian Hill's Miami Dolphins in week one.

Allen became the first Camel to play in an NFL game during the Chargers' season opener. After making the Dolphins' initial 53-man roster, Hill was inactive through two games due to injury, but made his NFL debut in Miami's record-setting 70-20 win over Denver, seeing time on 58 total plays.

Both signed as undrafted free agents after the 2023 NFL Draft following their Campbell careers, with Allen initially signing to the LA practice squad as an outside linebacker.

CAMPBELL JOINS THE COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Campbell University officially became a member of the Coastal Athletic Association in all sports on July 1, 2023.

The addition of Campbell in 2023 increases the CAA's full membership to 14 schools, joining fellow new members North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Monmouth and Stony Brook as schools that have all joined in the last year. CAA Football now consists of 15 teams in 2023.

The conference encompasses many of the nation's largest metropolitan areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to Charleston. It has produced 18 national team champions in five different sports and 33 individual national champions.

Campbell joined NCAA Division I in 1977 and became a charter member when the Big South Conference was formed in 1983. Campbell joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in the summer of 1994 and competed in the ASUN 17 years before returning to the Big South in the summer of 2011.

After a five-decade absence, Campbell resumed football competition in 2008 as a member of the Pioneer Football League. Campbell moved up to competition in Big South football in 2018.